#48D8CF#48D8CF

#48D8CF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.121 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8CF
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 207)
HSL	hsl(176, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 4.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.04, -39.73, -6.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.04, 40.30, 189.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.1196 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.121 189)
XYZ	xyz(38.4857, 54.9901, 67.6052)
Luminance	0.5499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8CF #D84851

analogous

#48D887 #48D8CF #4899D8

triadic

#48D8CF #CF48D8 #D8CF48

tetradic

#48D8CF #8748D8 #D84851 #99D848

square

#48D8CF #8748D8 #D84851 #99D848

split-complementary

#48D8CF #D84899 #D88748

monochromatic

#1D8982 #28BBB2 #48D8CF #7AE3DC #ADEEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#48D8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#48D8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8CF

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8CF	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BDD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.121 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee4dd',
    500: '#48d8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8cf;
$custom-light: #8ee4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.25,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80458,
    "c": 0.12108,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.54994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8CF

secondary

#8F363B

accent

#404AE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8CF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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